Improved boot and shoe-sole cutter



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To alY whom it 'umg/concern? Beit known thatI, EDGAR F. SHAW, of Boston,`in the county of Sudiolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented anewand valuable Improvement in 'BandglCntters for` the Soles of Boots, &c.,4 and I do ,hereby declare lthatthe following is a full, clear, andelactldescription ofthe construction and operation of i `the same,reference 'being had tothe annexed drawings making a part of `thisspecification, and to the lettersand figures of refererence'markedthereon.

`:Figure 1 ot' the drawings `is a side view ot' my in-y vention. i i

Figure 2 is a front view of `t-he -sarneL Figures 3, `4, 5, and 6 aredetails. Mylinvention relates to means forcutting leather into suitableshapesffor the soles of shoes, and for `otheripurposes, and consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of"devices designed to facilitatevthe cu ting ot' leather into divers shapes, addarranged i V. 'to imparttheret0,'at.wrill, `a perpendicular or beveled edge, fior both combined.

Thelctter A of the drawings designates a table or plate`,ilsupported, ata convenient height, upon ahol- 'low cdlumn, or other suitable standard.

To lthe rear of the plate A is centrally pivoted the bentllever B, whichis so arranged that its upper arm willswing over the plate, while itslower arm hangs rtnderlneath the same. i

To llthe` end of thelower arm is attached the driving-pdlley C, to whicha rotary motion isiniparted by means cfa treadle orbther suitableattachment.

D is an adjustable pulley, pivotcd to a sliding block arranged to moveup or down in a` slot in the upper arm df the bent lever B. It isadjusted by means of the set-screw af. l p

The pulleys C and Dare connected by an endless band fcutter, c, havingone of its edgesserrated and the other smooth -to operate as a-knife,`or it may be const `'ucted with', both edges smooth or both serrated Thefront ordescending portion of' the band cutter passes transverselythrough fthe material downward `tln'olrghan aperture, Z, in the centerof the plate A, thefp` ace where the material is cut, or formed. idesignates a pressure-plate, connected to the lowerarm of the bent leverby the rod l), and arranged to be `operated by thepressure otl'the bodyof the lworkman `as he -stands in front ofthe table to operate.EDeARl'Fllsr-IAW, or BosroN, MA'ssAcHUsETTs.

LettersPaten No. 103,244, dated .May I7, 1870.

. I.. I n IMPRovI-:D Boor `Arm SHOE-SOLE CUTTER.

The Schedule referred to :in these VLetters Patent and making part ofthe same.

The rod b passes through a guide-tube, d, fixed to the under part of theplate A.

That portion of the. rod b in front of the guide-tube xd is encircled bya coiled spring, m, which operates to the rod by means of a set-screw. l

By moving this check-block to the rear the band cutter may be set tooperate at any desired angle.

Incutting a leather sole, however, while some portions cf the edgerequire vto be cnt with a bevel, others must be cut perpendicularly.Hence the check-block is usually set for the perpendicular, land therequired varying bevels givenby pressure upon the plate E.

Metallic patterns y are usually employed with this machine to insureuniformity of' size and shape when duplicates are required.

4Spurs are attached to these patterns'for the pur-` pose ofholding thematerial in place while the baud cutter is operating around the edgethereof'.

That this machine is adapted to cutting other ma.- terials than leatherwill readily be perceived.

I do not desire to claim a machine for the manufacture of leather, norto the precise mode of con` structing the different parts thereof.

Sometimes I design to arrange the plate A' upon a pivot, in such amanner as to incline the material instead-0f the band cutter in formingthe beveled edges. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the band cutter c, reciprocating pulleys G and` D,lever B, pivoted at or about its center to i the tableplate, incombination with the stomach-presser E, designed to regulate theinclination of the band cutter in forming the variably-beveled'edges ofthe soles of shoes, substantially as and for the purposes specified. iIn testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence f two witnesses.

Witnesses:

v W. F. PATTERSON,

E. C. CARSON.

' EDGAR r. snai-v.

